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the government didn't know what was going on in iraq. you're not over there on the ground, you're looking around the spy agencies, these defense intelligence. a lot of these agencies like the cia were skeptical of the war. maybe the top guy wasn't, but the men and women in the belly of it were thinking about this war being bs. >> well, yeah. john judas wrote a great piece about this in the new republic last week which criticizes his own new republic and talks about the loneliness of being a "new republic" writer -- >> because marty perris was there too. >> it was one dimensional. he said there were career cia, career state department people. there were cadres of people who were horrified what was being done with their work, but they weren't being paid attention to. >> as we say in journalism, more coming on this. anyway, thank you. a lot more from us on this. david corn and john walsh, thank you both. we'll be right back after this. k and they're already bored. hmm, we need a new game. ♪ that'll save the day. ♪ so will bounty select-
the government didn't know what was going on in iraq. you're not over there on the ground, you're looking around the spy agencies, these defense intelligence. a lot of these agencies like the cia were skeptical of the war. maybe the top guy wasn't, but the men and women in the belly of it were thinking about this war being bs. >> well, yeah. john judas wrote a great piece about this in the new republic last week which criticizes his own new republic and talks about the loneliness of being...
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yesterday he sounded the fears of gun owners who think the government is overreaching. let's listen to him now in an exchange with abc's terry moran. >> this is prompted by the sandy hook murders. those guns were legally purchased with a background check. this would not have stopped something like that. let's be very careful about quickly trampling on the rights of people. look, do you want to get something done? then stop scaring people. don't say we're going to keep a registry of all these guns. let's not make it so impracticable -- >> you're scaring people with this orwellian sense that black helicopters and the government, if we register gun, are going to confiscate americans' guns. that kind of paranoia -- >> with all due respect, it is not paranoia. >> who's going to confiscate all the guns? >> people have a fear of this. why do it? why do you need it? >> i guess we're all fair game now, carl. vo: always one step ahead with an intuitive motion activated lid and seat, bold makes sure you'll never have to ask him again. otherworldly things. but there are some things
yesterday he sounded the fears of gun owners who think the government is overreaching. let's listen to him now in an exchange with abc's terry moran. >> this is prompted by the sandy hook murders. those guns were legally purchased with a background check. this would not have stopped something like that. let's be very careful about quickly trampling on the rights of people. look, do you want to get something done? then stop scaring people. don't say we're going to keep a registry of all...
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overseas, a the love federal government, legal questions. she was fbled by republicans for two and a half years. the president spoke out on that amidst all the other busy stuff he was doing on foreign policy this week. and he said even after nearly two and a half years, a minority of senators continued to block a simple up or down vote on her nomination. the d.c. circuit has more vacancies than any other appeals court. yet we know this doesn't get a lot of attention. do you think there is any. >> to put more pressure on this do nothing congress? >> it is unlikely she will come back up. what is happening here is that this is part of the conservative cause on judicial nominations. they're made about what happened during the bush years when democrats blocked a landful of very conservative judicial nominees. in some respects, this might be payback. what could obama do? he can try another couple of judicial nominations. the bottom line is he needs to clear these judicial nominations with at least a handful of republicans. otherwise if they're too
overseas, a the love federal government, legal questions. she was fbled by republicans for two and a half years. the president spoke out on that amidst all the other busy stuff he was doing on foreign policy this week. and he said even after nearly two and a half years, a minority of senators continued to block a simple up or down vote on her nomination. the d.c. circuit has more vacancies than any other appeals court. yet we know this doesn't get a lot of attention. do you think there is any....
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>> this is a real problem, it's a vision of government which is supposed to lead citizens to virtue. that's very different. that's not the constitutional vision. we have a free society in which people make choices and then accept the consequenceses of those choices. i would add, by the way, i can think of few measures designed to make cigarettes popular again among young people than to put them behind counters and make them seem elicit and cooler than they ought to be. >> this isn't just mike bloomberg's obsession. it's huge in public policy, how would you want to look at behavior of people, seat belt laws and singapore has a mandatory savings program, we do not. another big example, the board that barack obama set up in the middle of obamacare, the 15 people who in medicare will decide which medical practices work and which ones don't and the whole medical community will be asked to comply with this. the bigger question and that board is is an example, where do you draw the line? once you allow experts to decide whose behavior is right and wrong, where could you stop? >> where would
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handed over its prison, its main prison in that country, to the afghan government. that may not sound like the biggest deal in the world, but that prison was one of the most important sticking points to how and when we would finally end our war there and extricate ourselves from that country, so that is a really important political development. also in the face of continuing, withering, bipartisan criticism of the performance of the veteran's administration, particularly toward iraq and afghanistan veterans, we learned today that the chief of staff of that agency is leaving. announcing today that he will retire. >>> we've also got new details ahead this hour in the murder of the prison's chiefs in colorado. also, the nation of cyprus has accepted its bailout, alleviating immediate fears of another european financial meltdown, but presumably, we'll just start fearing another one some time soon. also, i have to tell you that gonzaga last on saturday night, so my ncaa bracket is over and done with. and most amazingly, smu announced today that the george w. bush preside
handed over its prison, its main prison in that country, to the afghan government. that may not sound like the biggest deal in the world, but that prison was one of the most important sticking points to how and when we would finally end our war there and extricate ourselves from that country, so that is a really important political development. also in the face of continuing, withering, bipartisan criticism of the performance of the veteran's administration, particularly toward iraq and...
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i don't want the government promoting something i don't believe in you but i don't mind if the government tries to be neutral on the issue. i'm for a flat income tax and we wouldn't have marriage as part of the tax code. health insurance there is a way to write it where it would be neutral and you wouldn't bring marriage into the idea of health insurance chris i want to -- >> chris: i want to go back to the filibuster. after you filibustered for 13 hours you got this letter from the attorney general in which he wrote does the president have the authorization to kill an american with a drone to kill an american not engaged in combat on american soil just is answer to that is no. it seems to me what attorney general holder is saying by implication is that the president does have the authority to use a drone strike on an american on u.s. soil who is involved in combat. >> well, here is the thing. i never argued against if people are attacking the twin towers with planes an imminent threat or active ongoing threat i never argued you wouldn't use drones or planes or f-16s to repel that kind of
i don't want the government promoting something i don't believe in you but i don't mind if the government tries to be neutral on the issue. i'm for a flat income tax and we wouldn't have marriage as part of the tax code. health insurance there is a way to write it where it would be neutral and you wouldn't bring marriage into the idea of health insurance chris i want to -- >> chris: i want to go back to the filibuster. after you filibustered for 13 hours you got this letter from the...
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government today, the shiite government views iran as a more reliable partner than the united states so they will be more cooperative with iran. what maliki is worried about is some sort of sunni uprising in iraq. he looks what is happening in syria. that uprising against assad is later largely sunni. it is going to inflame the sunnis in iraq which is the last thing maliki wants. he wants assad to survive. you have many of the same sectarian underpinnings that were the ingredients of the last sectarian tension coming back to life. >> why is the relationship with. >> maliki feels under siege. we had leverage when we said we will help stabilize this country even though the war is over. we will maintain security forces to help with training, help with counterterrorism and her play a sort of back inderal to the forces. 10,000 troops and gave us leverage. if he is not there and we are feeling under siege the only people sending in forces and money is the iranian gochlt. >> government. >> is he worried about a coup? >> he is worried about partially sunni driven from 2006 and that is a thre
government today, the shiite government views iran as a more reliable partner than the united states so they will be more cooperative with iran. what maliki is worried about is some sort of sunni uprising in iraq. he looks what is happening in syria. that uprising against assad is later largely sunni. it is going to inflame the sunnis in iraq which is the last thing maliki wants. he wants assad to survive. you have many of the same sectarian underpinnings that were the ingredients of the last...
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. >> those opposed to bashar al assad's government are struggling to maintain a united coalition after the head of the u.s.-backed opposition resigned. "the new york times" reports arab nations and turkey have sharply stepped up aid to the rebels with the help of the cia. for more on that, nbc's eamon mohyeldin joins us. >> as you just mentioned there, the greatest concern for u.s. officials right now are the flights coming in from iran over iraq and into syria. now, according to u.s. intelligence estimates as well as syrian opposition figures they believe these flights are carrying important weapons and more importantly cash for the regime of president bashar al assad. they're denying that saying they're only sending humanitarian aid. more confirmation coming out that countries like saudi arabia, qatar and turkey are much more involved in accepting weapons directly to the rebels via support of the international community including western intelligence agencies like the cia. the concern is the shipments of weapons. are they actually getting to the right hands and that is a major concer
. >> those opposed to bashar al assad's government are struggling to maintain a united coalition after the head of the u.s.-backed opposition resigned. "the new york times" reports arab nations and turkey have sharply stepped up aid to the rebels with the help of the cia. for more on that, nbc's eamon mohyeldin joins us. >> as you just mentioned there, the greatest concern for u.s. officials right now are the flights coming in from iran over iraq and into syria. now,...
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that's something that the syrian government would take seriously as vicious as they have been up to now. but to step back to something robin just said, what we saw here today at the press conference was benjamin netanyahu moving much closer to the president's position on this. as we know, there's been tension on this. bench min netanyahu sees this in a more immediate way. there was that lecture in the oval office. i think what we saw today is a prime minister who recognizes that the president has been reelected and it's in his interest to try to ease some of those tensions. but getting back to syria, when i was in israel last week, the most immediate threat that i gathered was syria and the possibility that some of those, some of these, some of that could spill over and affect israel. >> the fog of war, having covered 12 wars, is always difficult in those initial stages. and there are lots of accusat n accusations by both sides. they're sending chemical weapons testing kits to the rebels. it is clear that if either side used chemical weapons, it will be a game changer, whether it's in t
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a new gop plan is calling for even bigger government cuts. and later, find out why gay marriage is causinging a north carolina pastor to stop performing weddings for straight couples. join ed schultz in his new time slot, 5:00 to 7:00 saturday and sunday coming soon. share your thaulgt thoughts with us on facebook and twirt. we'll be right back. ng. but with kids growing up fast, fighting seven signs of aging gets harder. introducing total effects moisturizer plus serum. for the ninety-two practices, two proms, and one driving test yet to come. she'll need our most concentrated total effects ever. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain... and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard. ♪ >>> the minimum wage is not a living wage. we have a new number of what the minimum wage should be and it should chain anyone who insists that the minimum wage remain the same. if it kept pace with worker productivity, it would be far higher than what anyone is calling for. >> if we just
a new gop plan is calling for even bigger government cuts. and later, find out why gay marriage is causinging a north carolina pastor to stop performing weddings for straight couples. join ed schultz in his new time slot, 5:00 to 7:00 saturday and sunday coming soon. share your thaulgt thoughts with us on facebook and twirt. we'll be right back. ng. but with kids growing up fast, fighting seven signs of aging gets harder. introducing total effects moisturizer plus serum. for the ninety-two...
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but there's the role that government plays and we'll get into that discussion. first and foremost. there's the money that goes into the corn industry and the money that goes to the sugar industry, in terms of taxpayer subsidies for junk food in the year 2011, 1.over $1 billion went to junk food ingredients, the cheetos are like clouding my mind, since 1995, $18.2 billion was spent on junk food. between 1995 and 2006, the government paid out $56 billion in corn subsidies. >> not only do we pay on that end, we pay on the back end. if you think about the whole conversation about our long-term debt. it's a health care spending problem. and the people who are most panicked about these obesity trends are looking at it from a dollars-and-cents point of view. we're not able to do all we need to do on education and like, you know, long-term security and all these things, because we are making choices right now, to insure that children become super-addicted and grow up in obesit obesity. >> two choices, one you tax the junk food and the white house is looking at this. what if you just shift
but there's the role that government plays and we'll get into that discussion. first and foremost. there's the money that goes into the corn industry and the money that goes to the sugar industry, in terms of taxpayer subsidies for junk food in the year 2011, 1.over $1 billion went to junk food ingredients, the cheetos are like clouding my mind, since 1995, $18.2 billion was spent on junk food. between 1995 and 2006, the government paid out $56 billion in corn subsidies. >> not only do we...
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this is what republican governance looks like right now. it is more radical on abortion and contraception in four years. happy women's history month from the republican national committee. morning, brian! love your passat! um. listen, gary. i bought the last one. nice try. says right here you can get one for $199 a month. you can't believe the lame-stream media, gary. they're all gone. maybe i'll get one. [ male announcer ] now everyone's going to want one. you can't have the same car as me, gary! i'm gettin' one. nope! [ male announcer ] volkswagen springtoberfest is here and there's no better time to get a passat. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease one of four volkswagen models for under $200 a month. visit vwdealer.com today. for under $200 a month. a brand new start. your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure, global broadband network and custom communications solutions, your business is more reliable - secure - ag
this is what republican governance looks like right now. it is more radical on abortion and contraception in four years. happy women's history month from the republican national committee. morning, brian! love your passat! um. listen, gary. i bought the last one. nice try. says right here you can get one for $199 a month. you can't believe the lame-stream media, gary. they're all gone. maybe i'll get one. [ male announcer ] now everyone's going to want one. you can't have the same car as me,...
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over here especially to present you with your certificate of irish heritage, which is official irish government recognition of all those people, the 40 million in the united states, who are proud of their irish heritage. we presented one to president obama, coach kelly of notre dame university got one, congressman neil, and your great friend, congressman king got one last year. >> you traced it down to my mom's side. when i was growing up, i had the irish accent. my grandmom on that side had the missus doubtfire accent. >> pretty much anybody in the united states or globally can get a certificate of heritage. >> while mow? >> today is st. patrick's day, and the 40 until in the united states. >> there are 40 million of us. i'll be seeing you tonight at the american-ireland fund. that's a great cause. >> we've actually imported a lot of st. patrick's day over. >> it used to be just a religious holiday. >> there used to be three days in ireland where there was drink, christmas, good friday and st. patrick's day. thank you, senator mark daily. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. ha
over here especially to present you with your certificate of irish heritage, which is official irish government recognition of all those people, the 40 million in the united states, who are proud of their irish heritage. we presented one to president obama, coach kelly of notre dame university got one, congressman neil, and your great friend, congressman king got one last year. >> you traced it down to my mom's side. when i was growing up, i had the irish accent. my grandmom on that side...
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the move is meant to help the agency free up more than $630 million in forced government budget cuts. >>> and one of the biggest personalities in politics meeting one of the biggest names in basketball. shaquille o'neal visited new jersey governor chris christie in trenton today. the governor shared this photo on his twitter feed. it got a whole lot of reaction. somebody tweeted the governor saying you guys should do a remake of the movie "twins" together. >> quite a photo. thanks. >>> up next, incredible story of guts and survival. a teenager dialed 911 as thieves not only ransacked her house but were actually in the room where she was hiding. here's part of the 911 call. >> do not open your door, okay? can you tell me you understand? do not open the doors. >> okay. >> do not open that door. >>> tonight, "360" exclusive. the museum guard who let thieves in led them into the biggest art heist ever. >>> california girl only 15 years old already knows what it means to be scared for her life. she was home alone tuesday afternoon. intruders broke into her home. thinking quickly she grabbe
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so it's really having a huge impact throughout state government here in colorado. >> jim spellman reporting live from colorado springs this morning. >>> a milestone for marriage equality this week as the u.s. supreme court hears oral arguments on prop 8 and the defense of marriage act. it comes amid growing support as more americans say they think xwa and lesbian couples should have the legal right to get married and as the republican party is urged by its own self review to solve then its tone on the issue particularly if republicans want to the attract young voter. and none other than karl rove says candidates for the next president ticket could be influenced about. >> you can imagine the next candidate saying flat out i'm for gay marriage? >> i could. >> and then karl rove quickly changed the subject. joining me now cnn contributor lz granderson and analyst for the blaze will cain. welcome to you both. >> good morning. >> morning, carol. >> so it's 34 degrees today. it's been snowing here in washington. but that is not deterring these people. they have been camping out at the supreme cou
so it's really having a huge impact throughout state government here in colorado. >> jim spellman reporting live from colorado springs this morning. >>> a milestone for marriage equality this week as the u.s. supreme court hears oral arguments on prop 8 and the defense of marriage act. it comes amid growing support as more americans say they think xwa and lesbian couples should have the legal right to get married and as the republican party is urged by its own self review to...
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bloomberg over his failed ban on super-sized sugary sodas, calling it a victory for proponents of small government. while she and other conservatives are resisting changes in their party, a study commissioned by the republican national committee and released today is prescribing a major makeover stat for the gop. the report says the party needs to offer quote, a more welcoming conservatism, saying we have lost the ability to be persuasive with or welcoming to those who don't agree with us on every issue. here's how it lays out the stakes. quote, unless changes are made it will be increasingly difficult for republicans to win another presidential election in the near future. a new cnn/orc poll shows why the rnc is worried. take a look. just 38% view the gop in a favorable light. 54% of voters have an unfavorable view of the republican party. reince priebus, head of the rnc, said the party will invest $10 million to try to reshape its message and broaden its appeal. here's what he told wolf blitzer today on "the situation room." >> our moms used to say it's not what you say, it's how you say it. i t
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government to go to college. only now, those grants are being cut. by more than a third. here you go, kid. sorry about your mom, your dad, go study up on the sequester. last week, the army announced it was suspended new grants for tuition assistance for soldiers themselves. again, the sequester. and a situation where troops returning from war are forced to wait in a very, very, very long line for the benefits we oweded them. the benefits we promised them and for which they are eligible. nearly 900,000 veterans waiting right now just to hear back from the veterans administration. the average wait to hear back now is nine months. it's even longer if you have just come back from iraq or aufg. with so many veterans now able to come home, we have not done what we need to do in order to accommodate them, so the wait times are getting longer and not shorts. wait times and kuos to college grants, they're not a scam like the thing rick scott's lieutenant governor was tied up in. there's no one profiting from this national embarrassment themselves, but our strong feelings about doi
government to go to college. only now, those grants are being cut. by more than a third. here you go, kid. sorry about your mom, your dad, go study up on the sequester. last week, the army announced it was suspended new grants for tuition assistance for soldiers themselves. again, the sequester. and a situation where troops returning from war are forced to wait in a very, very, very long line for the benefits we oweded them. the benefits we promised them and for which they are eligible. nearly...
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the government is acting in the role of lucifer. >> there are people, yeah. at least beck's not alone. there is one other person who compares the president of the united states to the devil. not that guy. this guy. he said the united states has quote, entrusted themselves to the devil. despite what beck says, his tweet had a purpose. "anderson cooper 360" starts right now. >>> erin, thanks. good evening, everyone. authorities had three and a half years to investigate this man's killing. best we can tell, they didn't even try. now people where he lived in mississippi and died want to know why didn't his life count. one of whom, the victim's mother, joins us tonight. >>> yet another stunning claim in the jodi arias trial about why she's so fuzzy on the details. can stabbing, shooting and slashing somebody just slip your mind? we'll ask an expert. >>> we begin with breaking news you'll only see here. a mother speaking out tonight about the rape of her 16-year-old daughter and the verdict against the two young men who were just convicted of it. in steubenville, o
the government is acting in the role of lucifer. >> there are people, yeah. at least beck's not alone. there is one other person who compares the president of the united states to the devil. not that guy. this guy. he said the united states has quote, entrusted themselves to the devil. despite what beck says, his tweet had a purpose. "anderson cooper 360" starts right now. >>> erin, thanks. good evening, everyone. authorities had three and a half years to investigate...
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even that, because he's a government worker he's probably making a living wage. >> michelle and richard very quickly? >> the republican party, i don't necessarily buy the premise the republican party is the enemy of identity politics. >> of course not. >> they love to slam identity politics. there is no party a obsessed with cultural signifiers and also that is more obsessed with token figure heads. as much as they hate affirmative action, this is a party that's on the hunt for any plausible face that they can put on -- they can put on themselves that's not a grouchy old white man. >> yeah. richard. >> these aren't individual identity politics. these are universal values. civil rights here. maybe the other side think this is a stand for freedoms and opportunity and they have a different frame on universal values. in politics, you're never going to find enough of a mosaic to elect you, at least not statewide or nationwide. this is about human rights and civil rights and they know that and why rob portman is talking this way. >> let's shift gears and review the latest from congresswoman m
even that, because he's a government worker he's probably making a living wage. >> michelle and richard very quickly? >> the republican party, i don't necessarily buy the premise the republican party is the enemy of identity politics. >> of course not. >> they love to slam identity politics. there is no party a obsessed with cultural signifiers and also that is more obsessed with token figure heads. as much as they hate affirmative action, this is a party that's on the...
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the way to do that in divided government is agree to some form of revenue in the form of tax reform. >> not tax reform. >> not tax increase. >> tax reform. the big problem for republicans heading into this debt limit fight are the house conservatives. they feel like they've given a rot on the fiscal cliff. are they really going to battle boehner. >> i want to fit this in. because joe biden, i thought was el kwents and interesting. this was with mayor bloomberg. let's play that clip. >> for all those who say that we shouldn't and can't ban assault weapons. for all those who say the politics is too hard, how can they say that? for all those who say we shouldn't or couldn't ban high capacity magazines, i just ask them one question. think about newtown. think about newtown. >> that's a stirring sort of message there from joe biden. the question i have, it doesn't seem like it's going to work and not just because of republican opposition, it's because there are democrats who are up in 2014 in tough states that don't want to vote on the assault weapons ban. >> it was so interesting to hear
the way to do that in divided government is agree to some form of revenue in the form of tax reform. >> not tax reform. >> not tax increase. >> tax reform. the big problem for republicans heading into this debt limit fight are the house conservatives. they feel like they've given a rot on the fiscal cliff. are they really going to battle boehner. >> i want to fit this in. because joe biden, i thought was el kwents and interesting. this was with mayor bloomberg. let's...
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government for her extradition. if the acquittal is upheld, it's case over. rudy guide, a native of the ivory coast, is serving a 16-year prison term for kircher's murder. this is the supreme court building where knox's case will be heard. her lawyers will be present as well as the prosecutor for the supreme court. there will be no new evidence, no witnesses, simply a review of the reasoning behind the ruling that set knox free. ben wedeman, cnn, rome. >> all right, ben, thank you very much. at half past the hour, almost. time to check the headlines on cnn. dead of winter? no. almost april. a fierce spring storm, snow storm, springtime snow storm hammered st. louis today. also kansas city, indianapolis and it's coming down hard right now in central ohio as well. the storm brought airports and highways to a standstill in half a dozen states today. the supreme court is set to consider historic cases on same-sex marriage in a couple of days. the political stakes are huge. president barack obama announced support of same-sex marriage and rob portman became the fi
government for her extradition. if the acquittal is upheld, it's case over. rudy guide, a native of the ivory coast, is serving a 16-year prison term for kircher's murder. this is the supreme court building where knox's case will be heard. her lawyers will be present as well as the prosecutor for the supreme court. there will be no new evidence, no witnesses, simply a review of the reasoning behind the ruling that set knox free. ben wedeman, cnn, rome. >> all right, ben, thank you very...
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netanyahu's government has given president obama's visit his own iphone app and and an official logo showing u.s. and israeli flags morphed into one. katty, an iphone app, but low expectations. >> we thought we had the special relationship. >> we thought that was unbreakable. i wan to read a quote from tom friedman. he said the israeli-palestinian conflict has shifted from a necessity to a hobby. like any hobby, some days you work on it, some days you don't. but it usually doesn't matter when the sweater gets finished. >> actually the president should be happy about 10%. i think robert, i'm right, thinking his approval rating fell to 4% at one time during his first term in office in israel. this is president obama who said he didn't want to make a trip to israel unless it was going to have meaning, unless there was going to have some concrete result of it. nobody is expecting any movement on the peace process there is no peace process between the israelis and palestinians that we can talk of. and benjamin netanyahu is in a weak position at home. what he's being pushed on by israeli v
netanyahu's government has given president obama's visit his own iphone app and and an official logo showing u.s. and israeli flags morphed into one. katty, an iphone app, but low expectations. >> we thought we had the special relationship. >> we thought that was unbreakable. i wan to read a quote from tom friedman. he said the israeli-palestinian conflict has shifted from a necessity to a hobby. like any hobby, some days you work on it, some days you don't. but it usually doesn't...
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washington state got $800 million from the federal government. that's your tax money, mainly for improving the track between seattle and portland. and what did you get for it? over a three-hour and 40-minute ride, the trip has been reduced by ten minutes. >> ten minutes doesn't sound-like a lot of time, but when you think about the fact that you have more options for more round trips, that you know the train will come and go reliably and on time, that to us is the most important thing. s >> reporter: in fact, ten minutes isn't a lot of time. and paula hammond said despite promises of high-speed rail from washington, d.c., it was never washington state's intention of bringing high-speed rail like the bullet trains of japan and europe to this section of the country. the top speed here is now 79 miles an hour. average speed is in the low 50s. >> i don't know whether we'll ever want high-speed rail. what we want in our state, and west coast region, we want the ability of our community to be connected so that we can provide good travel, a daily busine
washington state got $800 million from the federal government. that's your tax money, mainly for improving the track between seattle and portland. and what did you get for it? over a three-hour and 40-minute ride, the trip has been reduced by ten minutes. >> ten minutes doesn't sound-like a lot of time, but when you think about the fact that you have more options for more round trips, that you know the train will come and go reliably and on time, that to us is the most important thing. s...
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the syrian government accuses rebels of foyiring some kind of chemical weapon. damascus says it killed at least 25 people on tuesday. government tv aired interviews with survivors. >> it was the free syrian army. they shelled the neighborhood with a missile, and when people smelled the stench, they feel down and couldn't breathe. >> reporter: syrian rebels quickly denied the accusations, instead accusing the syrian government of carrying out a chemical weapons attack. some chemical weapons experts say soar they have seen little evidence to prove nerve toxins were used in tuesday's dead low attack but that hasn't stopped one senior u.s. lawmaker from pointing the finger at the syrian regime. >> i have a high probability to believe that chemical weapons were used. we need that final verification. >> reporter: the white house is repeating its warning to damascus that chemical weapons use would cross an american red line. >> we are going to be very clear to the syrian regime, as we have been throughout, and to all the syrian supporters throughout the world and then
the syrian government accuses rebels of foyiring some kind of chemical weapon. damascus says it killed at least 25 people on tuesday. government tv aired interviews with survivors. >> it was the free syrian army. they shelled the neighborhood with a missile, and when people smelled the stench, they feel down and couldn't breathe. >> reporter: syrian rebels quickly denied the accusations, instead accusing the syrian government of carrying out a chemical weapons attack. some chemical...
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he was governed by torture and would never wish any people to be governed by him in the future. iraqis are in the stream of their development as a modern country. they sure are happy with us. as you look at the story, you have to say the great beneficiaries of iraq were it is iranians. they were trying to do that and failed. we achieved it. iran is much more powerful and has a louis ruling over the iraqi government. one thing the americans can hold on to with pride after what most people would agree was a mistake in invading iraq in 2003. we stayed the course long enough to restabilize the country, a courageous decision by president bush, but he stayed there on the ground and he was aided by general petraeus. whatever happened later in general petraeus's career didn't change that. >> unbelievable. you can count the thousands or tens of thousands of iraqis who are alive because the country didn't keep zooming off towards civil war. >> richard engle a couple of years ago was asked what was going on in iraq and asked him what he thought about and he said not much. the statutes of d
he was governed by torture and would never wish any people to be governed by him in the future. iraqis are in the stream of their development as a modern country. they sure are happy with us. as you look at the story, you have to say the great beneficiaries of iraq were it is iranians. they were trying to do that and failed. we achieved it. iran is much more powerful and has a louis ruling over the iraqi government. one thing the americans can hold on to with pride after what most people would...
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right now, we have a system where government assigns children to a failing school. and we've got to stop that practice. we have found throughout this country that when parents are given choice, whether they go to a parochial school, a charter or district school, they are able to find themselves a better school. >> school choice is such a hot button issue in this country. i pledge to you and our viewers right now that we're going to have you all back and talk about school choice specifically. dennis, will you be a part of that discussion? >> absolutely. >> we don't have enough time right now. we've taken about 20 minutes. but at some point in the near future, please come back. thank you for spending so much of your saturday with us. >>> coming up, cyprus tries to avert economic collapse. why this race against the bankruptcy clock could come down to the wire and have disastrous global effects. >>> also, an indictment has been issued for puxatony phil. how the ground hog has become the target of one state. it's in our political play ground. this is a very serious story
right now, we have a system where government assigns children to a failing school. and we've got to stop that practice. we have found throughout this country that when parents are given choice, whether they go to a parochial school, a charter or district school, they are able to find themselves a better school. >> school choice is such a hot button issue in this country. i pledge to you and our viewers right now that we're going to have you all back and talk about school choice...
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government regulation. in the states, in cities, governors, mayors, state legislatures are taking on those problems. and producing some quite innovative and quite effective responses. infrastructure is my favorite one. just because we sit around every year lamenting the gasoline tax is bringing in less money. there isn't enough money for road building anymore. at the federal level. in the states, they're coming up with reforms. virginia just overhauled its gas tax to raise more money for road building. chicago has this scheme to try and channel private money into -- not just road building, but all kinds of infrastructure investments. look around the country and you'll find lots of examples that if congress had its act together they could easily follow. >> ben smith, would you agree? >> i do think this is one of these classic things where washington gives itself too much credit and also, you know, either for destroying the economy or for rescuing it. i think if there's a recovery, barack obama will get 100%
government regulation. in the states, in cities, governors, mayors, state legislatures are taking on those problems. and producing some quite innovative and quite effective responses. infrastructure is my favorite one. just because we sit around every year lamenting the gasoline tax is bringing in less money. there isn't enough money for road building anymore. at the federal level. in the states, they're coming up with reforms. virginia just overhauled its gas tax to raise more money for road...
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but what's the significance of that transfer to the afghan government? >> it's significant and for a couple different reasons. one is that it shows the acceleration of the redeployment of troops is going to happen quickly because a lot of troops were actually there to maintain a lot of the prison facilities, the bases at bagram, the most built out facilities that we have inside of afghanistan. it shows a level of seriousness about how fast this redeployment is going to happen. it really tries to establish a sense of nationalistic identity within afghanistan. because part of the challenge of president karzai ever since he's been the president there is that he's been not much more than the mayor of kabul. his fear and influence has not stretched out into particularly the rural areas where you have heavy influences of taliban and other type of, you know, resistance. the united states is saying this is what you asked for, what you want. therefore, we're placing the ball into your hands and seeing what you can do with it. what i find interesting, you talk abo
but what's the significance of that transfer to the afghan government? >> it's significant and for a couple different reasons. one is that it shows the acceleration of the redeployment of troops is going to happen quickly because a lot of troops were actually there to maintain a lot of the prison facilities, the bases at bagram, the most built out facilities that we have inside of afghanistan. it shows a level of seriousness about how fast this redeployment is going to happen. it really...